Ijo Izakaya

1463 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley - 94709
186 reviews
Japanese Sushi Bar Izakaya
(510) 679-5200

Small but charming Japanese food place located in North Berkeley. We went in late on a Sunday but the girl was very nice and told us she didn't mind if we stayed a little past closing. She was very helpful with the menu and super friendly. We ordered a little tapas plate of skewers and a salad. Both were delicious and served promptly. We stayed only about 10 minutes past the 930 closing time and she was super nice about it.

Chicken bento box and salmon bento box… both were pretty bland as was the miso soup. No tofu, scallions, or green onions.Sushi was fine, but nothing out of the ordinary either.

One server. The meal was expensive for such small portions. If you like California rolls you are in luck.

go to sushi place for outdoor dining. Good food and super nice staff :)

We ordered the tuna tataki and the tuna was gray and covered in a sweet sauce. I have never tasted such bad fish. It was so bad we were worried. We also ordered the corn that said that it had a miso mayo and chili. They served us plain grilled corn. It was so frustrating and insulting that they thought they could get away with serving absolute trash and still charge us for it. Definitely skip this place. I do not know how it is in business. I love speaking highly of skilled chefs. This is an insult to the industry.

Definitely enjoyable experience. Went for lunch and had a good meal and a few drinks. From out of town, we only have a few places like this where I'm from and I wish we had more.

We got the California, shrimp tempura, and lion king roll. All 3 tasted great. The ramune sodas were fun and cute. Service was great too.

Wasn’t BAD per se, but everything we tried was a little off. Tonkatsu was too salty, some of the nigiri was cut with gristly bits, and the grilled squid was more chewy than springy. They also forgot our drink and almost charged us for it anyway.

Generous portions, sashimi chirashi bowl was fresh. This isn't a fancy sushi eatery or a place with cold smoked red snapper, but it does offer a variety of everything. From tonkotsu ramen, yakitori skewers, to sushi and sushi rolls. Also, it has a decent sake offering.

Great sushi and sake ! I went here because sals was too busy and it ended up being great